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Keisha Lance Bottoms beat Jackson: Governor of Georgia.

Against Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) · Cook rating: Toss Up

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Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia governor's race, a first for Black women in the US

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Lost the 2026 Georgia governor's race

Georgia had not elected a Democratic governor since 1998. On Tuesday it elected Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, making her the first Black woman elected governor of any US state. The Associated Press described it as ending 250 years of US history without one.

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